Michael John Scriven was a British-born Australian polymath and academic philosopher, best known for his contributions to the theory and practice of evaluation.
11 Facts About Michael Scriven
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Michael Scriven held BSc and MS degrees in mathematics from the University of Melbourne, where he was in residence at Trinity College from 1946, winning an entrance scholarship.
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Michael Scriven then completed a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Oxford.
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Michael Scriven was a president of the American Educational Research Association and the American Evaluation Association.
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Michael Scriven was latterly a distinguished professor at Claremont Graduate University in California.
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Michael Scriven spent most of his career in the United States.
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Michael Scriven became a full Professor at the age of 32.
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Michael Scriven made significant contributions in the fields of philosophy, psychology, critical thinking, mathematics, and, most notably, evaluation theory and the establishment of evaluation as a transdiscipline.
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Michael Scriven wrote over 400 scholarly publications and served on the editorial review boards of 42 journals.
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Similar to an Erdos number, a Michael Scriven number describes a person's degree of separation from Dr Michael Scriven through published collaborations directly with him or with others who have collaborated with him.
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Michael Scriven held the unique Scriven number of 0 while any persons publishing directly with him hold a Scriven number of 1.